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News Feed Latest worldwide news BT takes on BSkyB sport to protect broadband business LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) - Britain's BT will launch its much heralded sports TV service on Thursday in the biggest challenge to the dominance of BSkyB since Rupert Murdoch launched the pay-TV group over 20 years ago. Dance Listings for July 26-Aug. 1 A selected guide to performances of movement in New York and the area. A Trail of Masterpieces and a Web of Lies, Leading to Anguish Investigators are still struggling to penetrate the fog of claims and counterclaims about what happened to seven paintings that were stolen by a Romanian criminal gang from a Dutch museum. Efforts to Recruit Poor Students Lag at Some Elite Colleges A comparison of low-income enrollment shows wide disparities among the most competitive private schools. Ricky Williams Eager to Mold Young Minds as Coach Ricky Williams can't change the past and wouldn't want to even if he could. The New Old Age Blog A Dark View of Assisted Living A new documentary airing on PBS explores the shortcomings of the assisted living industry. Sports Briefing | Tennis Sloane Stephens Loses Opener at Citi Open Sloane Stephens, the No. 2 seed, playing her first match since Wimbledon, fell to unseeded Olga Puchkova in the first round of the Citi Open in Washington. Essence Magazine Names New Top Editor This is its fifth editor in 13 years. The last one had been dismissed in February. T Magazine Feeling For | A Sexy Clutch Thats Fit for a Duchess (and New Mom) This glam bag from Valentino would make the perfect birth present for Kate Middleton. Nicole Naghi, Jacqueline Tate Both Ms. Naghi and Ms. Tate are lawyers. New view of drone death toll Peter Bergen says a leaked report sheds new light on how many civilians are killed by U.S. drones in Pakistan Saudi blogger faces jail, 600 lashes for insulting Islam A Saudi court has sentenced a activist to seven years in prison and 600 lashes for violating the nation's anti-cybercrime law, Human Rights Watch reported Wednesday. The Boss Margaret Minson When the Gamex2019;s on the Line As an athlete, Margaret Minson of Student Sponsor Partners learned how to take risks x2014; a quality that has helped her in her career. Azarenka Continues to Raise Bar for Herself After a rough past couple of months that included a tight loss to Maria Sharapova at the French Open and an injury-enforced withdrawal from Wimbledon, world number three Victoria Azarenka enters the Southern California Open as hungry as ever. Classic films get African makeover What if The Matrix, and other classic Hollywood movies has been made in Africa? This is what they'd look like. Phys Ed How Exercise Changes Fat and Muscle Cells Several striking new studies provide some clarity by showing that exercise seems able to drastically alter how genes operate, perhaps altering the risk for problems like obesity and diabetes. Up Close The Marginalized, Front and Center The photographer Peter Baryshnikov, the dance icons son, trains his camera on a destitute slice of life in Guatemala. UK's multitaskers take to Twitter to swap TV talk-report LONDON, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Tweeting and texting while watching TV is supplanting the traditional water-cooler chat about the previous night's viewing among increasingly media-savvy Britons, the country's telecoms regulator has found. Enbridge begins fresh clean-up on 2010 Michigan oil spill CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Enbridge Energy Partners LP has begun a new round of dredging on the Kalamazoo River, Michigan, to clean up oil from a huge pipeline spill in 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday. Film Forum Shows D. W. Griffiths Vast Intolerance Intolerance, D. W. Griffiths 1916 follow-up to The Birth of a Nation, is having a weeklong run at Film Forum in a newly restored version. Home Prices Jumped 12.2% in May Home values are rising as more people are bidding on a relatively tight supply of houses for sale. Special Report Women's British Open Catriona Matthew Faces Home Crowd at St. Andrews Catriona Matthew doesnt lobby for the spotlight, but at the Womens British Open at the Old Course at St. Andrews, she wont be able to avoid attention. After a Spring to Forget, a Summer to Remember As the Dodgers prepared to meet the Yankees in a two-game series, they were the hottest team in baseball, having won 26 of 32 games and holding a two-and-a-half-game edge in the N.L. West. Mystery at Richard III burial site First came the dramatic discovery of the long-lost remains of King Richard III. Now, there's the mystery of the coffin within the coffin. Archaeologists are puzzled. Federer facing new world order As Britain celebrates Andy Murray's Wimbledon title, things aren't going quite as well for Roger Federer as he slumps to his lowest world ranking in 10 years. Peugeot scores as cutbacks kick in July 31 - PSA Peugeot Citroen raises its 2013 cash goal, saying spending cuts and an alliance with General Motors has already begun to pay off. But as Hayley Patt reports some are saying the strategy has come too late. DEALTALK-For deal-hungry hospitals, legal woes are no obstacle July 31 (Reuters) - In many U.S. industries, a potential acquirer would balk at the idea of buying a company mired in a government investigation, let alone featured on the television news program "60... T Magazine On Beauty | Travel-Friendly Products Thatll Make Your Summer a Whole Lot Smoother Have these nine items at the ready and youll be equipped to deal with warm, sticky weather, wherever you find it. 38 People Killed as Bus Plunges Off Highway in Italy The highway police told state radio that the bus slammed into slowing cars and plunged down a ravine about 160 miles south of Rome. Spotify Losses Grow, Despite Successful Expansion A quarter of the streaming services 24 million customers pay for their music, but that hasnt been enough for Spotify to turn a profit. Martin Homers in 10th as Rangers Beat Angels 14-11 Rangers leadoff hitter Leonys Martin was just trying to hit a ball over the five players positioned in the infield. Women tackle 'Everest of sailing' Sailing around the world is one of the most grueling challenges on the planet, with muscle-bound skippers steering 20-meter yachts through everything from tropical cyclones to Antarctic storms. Bahrain enacts stiffer laws against 'terrorism' Lawmakers in Bahrain have passed tough new laws for "terrorism acts" ahead of massive protests by the opposition on August 14, the state news agency BNA reported. Dot Earth Blog The Silent Partner Behind the Shale Energy Boom Taxpayers A closer look at the public investments behind the private success of a shale-fracking pioneer. China's city of sinkholes Four months after he built a new, two-story brick house in his village in northern China's Shandong Province, Xiao Guoqiang was alarmed to find a huge crack on the living room wall. Remembering Cory Monteith Remembering Cory Monteith News Analysis U.S. Balancing Act With Egypt Grows Trickier The Obama administration has prodded Egypts generals to restore a democratic government while trying not to jeopardize any future influence on the military or undermine security arrangements. With Too Much Rain in the South, Too Little Produce on the Shelves In deluged Southern states, the quantity, and quality, of fruits and vegetables are suffering. Germany's Praktiker appoints Macquarie in hunt for investor FRANKFURT, July 30 (Reuters) - The insolvency administrators of German DIY store chain Praktiker have stepped up the search for an investor by appointing Macquarie as advisor, they said on Tuesday. N.F.L. Roundup Panthers Doing Best to Limit Tackling To avoid unnecessary injuries as a result of contact, Carolina has been emphasizing form tackling during team drills, with defenders wrapping up ball carriers but not taking them down.

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